{"id":312241,"date":"2023-10-19T08:04:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T08:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-apply-the-current-along-the-z-direction\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T08:04:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T08:04:24","slug":"how-to-apply-the-current-along-the-z-direction","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-apply-the-current-along-the-z-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"How to apply the current along the -z direction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simulation platform: ANSYS Mechanical APDL<\/p>\n<p>Dear all,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;I tried to apply a current on one surface in the 3D model by command as below:<\/p>\n<p>ALLSEL,ALL<br \/>VSEL,S,VOLU,,13<br \/>ASLV,S<br \/>ASEL,R,LOC,Z,8.33E-3<br \/>NSLA,S,1<br \/>CM,CURRNODE,NODE<br \/>CP,1,VOLT,ALL<br \/>*GET,TotalNodes,NODE,0,COUNT<br \/>F,ALL,AMPS,I\/TotalNodes<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the current was applied to the nodes along the X-direction, which was parallel to the surface. I wonder how to change the current direction to normal to the surface that is along the -z direction. I tried to modify the node coordinate by NMODIF and create another coordinate system with a different direction compared to the default Cartesian coordinate system. But they didn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p>looking forward to your help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-312241","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-apdl","topic-tag-current"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Simulation platform: ANSYS Mechanical APDLDear all, I tried to apply a current on one surface in the 3D model by command as below:ALLSEL,ALLVSEL,S,VOLU,,13ASLV,SASEL,R,LOC,Z,8.33E-3NSLA,S,1CM,CURRNODE,NODECP,1,VOLT,ALL*GET,TotalNodes,NODE,0,COUNTF,ALL,AMPS,I\/TotalNodesAs a result, the current was applied to the nodes along the X-direction, which was parallel to the surface. 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